Industries / Tollywood / 2020
Tollywood hits and flops, 2020
Every Tollywood film released in 2020 with a cost and a gross on record, graded on gross against cost six weeks after release. Blockbuster is three times its cost and up, hit is one and a half, average is one, and anything under one is a flop. 4 of the year's releases have both figures.
1blockbuster2hit0average1flop
| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo2020-01-12 | $11M | $37M | 3.2× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Sarileru Neekevvaru2020-01-10 | $10M | $27M | 2.7× | Hit |
| 3 |  HIT: The First Case2020-02-27 | $720K | $2M | 2.4× | Hit |
| 4 |  Jaanu2020-02-06 | $2M | $2M | 0.7× | Flop |
How a verdict is reached
- Blockbuster
- Gross of at least 3× cost and up what the film cost to make.
- Hit
- Gross of at least 1.5× what the film cost to make.
- Average
- Gross of at least 1× what the film cost to make.
- Flop
- Anything that did not return its cost. under 1×.
Budget and gross as reported on TMDB A film is graded 42 days after release, so a run still in cinemas is not called early, and a film with no budget on record cannot be graded at all.